Summary Frank, a (HIV infected) former Lufthansa steward, goes back to Rio from Germany with a film crew to look for Mario, a young man with whom he had a one night stand. Before Mario departed the morning after, he left a message scrawled in soap on the bathroom mirror: 'Welcome to the AIDS club'. Frank and his director hire a fast talking hustler named José (Guilherme di Padua) to help them to find Mario who seems alway to have just left whenever they arrive. Via Appia is the nickname of a Rio district where male prostitutes hang out... View more details
Directed : Jochen Hick
Written : Jochen Hick
Stars : Peter Senner Guilherme de Pádua Yves Jansen Margarita Schmidt
Genres : Adventure Drama Romance
Release date : Jan 2, 1991
Countries of origin : Germany
Language : English German Spanish Portuguese
Filming locations : Hamburg, Germany
Production companies : Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Freihändler Filmproduktion GmbH Galeria Alaska Productions
Summary Frank, a (HIV infected) former Lufthansa steward, goes back to Rio from Germany with a film crew to look for Mario, a young man with whom he had a one night stand. Before Mario departed the morning after, he left a message scrawled in soap on the bathroom mirror: 'Welcome to the AIDS club'. Frank and his director hire a fast talking hustler named José (Guilherme di Padua) to help them to find Mario who seems alway to have just left whenever they arrive. Via Appia is the nickname of a Rio district where male prostitutes hang out... View more details
Genres : Adventure Drama Romance
Release date : Jan 2, 1991
Countries of origin : Germany
Language : English German Spanish Portuguese
Filming locations : Hamburg, Germany
Production companies : Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Freihändler Filmproduktion GmbH Galeria Alaska Productions
